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Selected Bird Reports, July 2001

Compiled this month by Georgina Schwartz. ALL bird reports go to the Bird Records Committee.

2--Live Oak (Richard Sims=RS): 1 Bronzed Cowbird

3--Lost Forest St (RS): 1 American Crow

4--Lost Forest St (RS): 249 White-winged Dove, 1 Western Kingbird

4--Live Oak Lake (RS): 8 Cliff Swallow, 1 Black-crowned Night-heron, 1 Yellow-billed (Y-B) Cuckoo

4--Pfeil Rd (RS) 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 Painted Bunting, 1 Y-B Cuckoo

4--Mitchell Lake (Dave Goodrich): 1 BLACK SKIMMER

4--Mitchell Lake, in net (Sumner Dana=SD): 1 Painted Bunting, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Dickcissel, 2 Bullock's Oriole

7--Spacious Sky, NW SA (Robin Nowak=RN): 1 Leucistic N Cardinal

8--Castroville Regional Park (Mike Scully): 1 Green Kingfisher, 1 Couch's Kingbird, +/- 6 N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS

9--Scenic Lake Drive (RS): 6 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 2 COUCH'S KINGBIRD

9--Graytown Rd (RS): 1 PYRRHULOXIA, 1 Golden-fronted Woodpecker

10--Trinity Univ (Jerry Hernandez): 1 Downy Woodpecker

10--Lost Forest St (RS): 8 Inca Dove, 1 N BOBWHITE

10--Mitchell Lake (Ron Cabral=RC): 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 1 Wilson's Phalarope, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 3 Little Blue Herons, 1 American Avocet

12--Evans Lake (Helen Rejzek): 2 WHITE IBIS, 4 ROSEATE SPOONBILLS

12--Lost Forest St (RS): 350 White-winged Dove, 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 9 Inca Dove

12--I-35 at NE loop 410 (Leslie Linehan): 1 Swainson's Hawk

13--Obst Rd, Cibolo Creek (Adele): 1 Roseate Spoonbill

13--Old Wiederstein Rd (Susan Schaezler): BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (unconfirmed, accidental in summer on checklist)

14--Ware-Seguin Rd (RS): 2 Crow, 2 Crested Caracara

14--Graytown Rd (RS): 3 Couch's Kingbird, 2 Painted Bunting

14--Scenic Lake Dr (RS): 3 EASTERN KINGBIRD, 6 Lark Sparrow

14--Haggard Ranch, I-35 south (Metha Leslie): Anhinga

15--Mitchell Lake (GS): 1 Least Grebe, 1 Tricolored Heron, 1 Solitary Sandpiper (SP), 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 6 Least SP, 4 Stilt SP, 4 Wilson's Phalarope, 2 Common Ground-dove, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 20 Purple Martins, 2 Long-billed Thrasher, 1 Pyrrhuloxia, 1 Blue Grosbeak, 1 Painted Bunting, 1 Dickcissel, 1 Bullock's Oriole.

15--Mitchell Lake (SD): 1 Verdin, 1 Painted Bunting

17--Government Canyon SNA (GS, HR, Mike Fatone): 2 Black-throated Sparrow, 1 Eastern Phoebe , 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 1 Raven, 3 Canyon Wren, Scrub-Jays, 2 Brown-headed Cowbird

18--Live Oak (RS): 1 Lesser Nighthawk

18--Converse, TX (RS): 1 Cooper's Hawk

19--Live Oak Lake (RS): 25 Purple Martin.

19--FM 471 north of Boerne (Patrick Ludolph): 2 Golden-cheeked Warblers

19--Mogford and Campbellton near I-37S (Jerry Fischer=JF): 8 N Bobwhite

21--Lost Forest St (RS): 1 BLUE JAY

21--Mitchell Lake [Willie Sekula, and Matt Heindel=MH]: 7 Am White Pelican, 200 Cattle Egret, 400 Snowy Egret, 5 Green Heron, 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1 Lesser Scaup, 5 Roseate Spoonbill, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 200 Black-necked Stilt, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 65 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Solitary SP, 4 Spotted SP, 15 Semipalmated SP, 35 WESTERN SP, 90 Least SP, 8 Pectoral SP, 9 Stilt SP, 6 Long-billed Dowitcher, 100 White-winged Dove, 200+ Mourning Dove, 5 C Ground-dove, 3 Y-B Cuckoo, 12 Chimney Swift, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 4 Western Kingbird, 15 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, 20 Purple Martin, 25 Cliff Swallow, 36 Cave Swallow, 50 Barn Swallow, 1 Pyrrhuloxia, 2 Painted Bunting, 8 Dickcissel, R-W Blackbird, 2 Bullock's Oriole, 15 House Finch

22--Mitchell Lake (GS): 1 HARRIS HAWK, 5 BARN OWL

22--Mitchell Lake (Marge Lumpe): 3 C Ground-dove, 1 Great Blue Heron, 14 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 2 Hummingbird (sp.), 2 Warbler (? Nashville), 2 Bullock's Oriole, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 21 Cliff Swallow, 1 Brown-headed Cowbird, 18 Cave Swallow, 3 Wilson's Phalarope, 3 American Avocet, 30 Black-necked Stilt with babies, 1 GREATER ROADRUNNER

22--Binz-Engleman Rd (RS): 2 Swainson's Hawk

24--Spacious Sky St (RN): Curve-billed Thrasher

24--Schaefer Rd between Cibolo Creek and Randolph AFB (Marge Hooks): new Egret Heronry: About 1000 birds total, mostly Cattle Egrets, Snowy Egrets, 1 Great Egret and 3 Little Blue Heron

25--Mitchell Lake (RS): 5 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 7 Mockingbird, 3 White-winged Dove, 1 Western Kingbird, 37 Cattle Egret, 26 Great Egret, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 BARN OWL, 1 Bewick's Wren, 7 House Finch, 1 VERDIN, 2 Green Heron, 300 Black-necked Stilt, 65 R-W Blackbirds, 1 Loggerhead Shrike, 4 Chimney Swift, 7 N Cardinal, 1 LEAST BITTERN, 26 Killdeer, 9 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 22 Cliff Swallow, 5 Mourning Dove, 17 CAVE SWALLOWS, 7 Barn Swallow, 2 Turkey Vulture, 2 C GROUND-DOVE, 180 Snowy Egret, 4 Purple Martin, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 7 Wilson's Phalarope, 12 Lesser Yellowlegs, 20 Greater Yellowlegs, 8 Western SP, Semipalmated SP, Pectoral SP, 65 Least SP, 11 Long-billed Dowitcher, 1 Solitary SP, 7 Stilt SP, 57 Am Avocet, 1 Tricolored Heron, 11 American Coot, 1 HARRIS'S HAWK, 1 Great Blue Heron, 3 Little Blue Heron, 3 Gadwall, 1 Bullock's Oriole, 1 Spotted SP

25--Live Oak (RS): 1 Caracara

26--Oakwell Farms (Sylvia Hilbig): Y-B Cuckoo (first of the yard)

26--Universal City, inside HEB store (RS): 1 Western Kingbird

27--Friedrich Park (Mike Creese): 1 GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLER at windmill

27--Pfeil Rd, 1/4 mi North of IH-10 east (David Pueppke): 1 Peregrine Falcon

28--Mitchell Lake, SAAS [James Middleton=JM, (GS), (MH), Dodge and Lorna Engleman]: 3 Least Grebe, 1 White Pelican, 2 Neotropic Cormorant, 200 Snowy Egret, 3 Little Blue Heron, 1 Tricolored Heron, 20 Cattle Egret, 3 Roseate Spoonbill, 1 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 RUDDY Duck, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Crested Caracara, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 60 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 UPLAND SP (heard flying over), 6 Semipalmated SP, 6 Western SP, 60 Least SP, 1 BAIRD'S SP, 10 Stilt SP, 20 Long-billed Dowitcher, 6 Wilson's Phalarope, 4 Common Ground-dove, 3 Y-B Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Chimney Swift, 1 Western Kingbird, 1 Long-billed Thrasher, 1 Loggerhead Shrike, 1 Painted Bunting, 1 Bullock's Oriole

29--Spacious Sky St (RN): 2 Screech Owl

29--Ware-Seguin Rd (RS): 8 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 7 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

30--Mitchell lake, evening (GS): 11 Roseate Spoonbills, 2 Lesser Nighthawk, 1 Common Nighthawk

31--Mitchell Lake [(RC), Lee Clausen, (JM)]: 3 Yellow-crowned Night-heron, 2 Red-Tailed Hawk, 1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 14 Great Yellowlegs, 22 Lesser Yellowlegs, 25 Long-billed Dowitcher, 60 Least SP, 2 BAIRD'S SP, 3 Pectoral SP, 8 Semipalmated SP, 35 Stilt SP, 60 Wilson's Phalarope, 200 Black-necked Stilt, 50 American Avocet, 4 Roseate Spoonbill, 6 Common Ground-dove, 12 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 30 Barn Swallow, 12 Cave Swallow

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